A new 16-page issue brief by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies warns that federal industrial policy investments aimed at advancing economic opportunity for Black communities are under threat, as the Trump administration eliminates key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) provisions and slows the disbursement of funding.
Authored by policy analyst Dr. Gabrielle Smith Finnie, the report, “Shifting...
A University of Nairobi professor has described President William Ruto of Kenya as “the most hated man” in the country, just a year after a popular uprising by youth protesting high taxation, dubbed the “Gen Z Protests” almost toppled his government.
The president’s image will take another hit this weekend when one of the candidates seeking to make him a...
The wait is over for families that have been waiting for the completion of Minneapolis’ newest affordable complex in the Seward neighborhood.
The grand opening of Wadaag Commons was celebrated by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho, Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley, Mayor Jacob Frey, Councilman Jamal Osman and project partners on Tuesday, July 29, with a...
The sounds of Afrobeat, and in particular songs by Skrewfaze and Deetweh, pulsated along Shingle Creek Parkway in Brooklyn Center on Saturday, as the Liberian Independence Day Parade made its way from the Brookdale Library headed to Bass Lake Road before looping around to conclude at Centennial Park for daylong festivities.
The parade started with hundreds of Liberian Americans waving...
A clergyman from the Liberian community in Minnesota has urged his compatriots to be pragmatic, reconciliatory, and to tell their people’s full story, as they continue to rebuild following the civil wars that ravaged their country.
Rev. Alexander Bango Collins, the lead pastor at Redeemed Life Church and the board chair of Liberian Ministers Association, Minnesota, made the remarks in...
Entrepreneurs, business owners and corporate leaders looking to amass beneficial information on doing business with Africa will come together next week on Aug. 1 for the U.S.-Africa trade and investment summit in St. Paul.
The half day event is being organized by the Minnesota-based nonprofit Minnesota Africans United (MAU), a coalition of African immigrant communities in the state. It is...
The largest gathering of Kenyan women in the diaspora is set to take place in Minnesota’s Twin Cities in August, when an organization of women from the East African country living in the United States and Canada host their 10-year reunion.
“Our mission is to connect, support, and empower Kenyan women in the U.S.” said Lilly Richards, who founded Kenyan...
Throughout most of my adult life, I have been a student and teacher of history. I have studied and taught the history of Africa and the Middle East, and American history, including the history of immigration to the United States.
During those decades, I considered history a hobby that I somehow turned into a career – something so distant from...
At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the window closed for candidates to file to run in the special election for Minnesota House District 34B, left vacant after the assassination of former Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman.
Three Democrats and one Republican have filed to run. The Democrats that filed by the deadline for the special election are Hennepin County prosecutor Erickson...
In the race for Minneapolis mayor, state Sen. Omar Fateh on Saturday won the DFL endorsement over incumbent Jacob Frey during the party’s city convention, held at Target Center.
This is the first time in 16 years that the Minneapolis DFL has endorsed a candidate in the mayor’s race. Previous conventions have ended with no endorsement.
Fateh received the required 60...
African immigrants should push their elected officials to ensure that they are not left out of the distribution of mental health resources, according to two lawmakers from the community.
Rep. Esther Agbaje and Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley were speaking on Friday in Brooklyn Center at the 11th annual African Mental Health Summit. The lawmakers encouraged individuals to communicate with their representatives...